State v. Hardee

Defendant’s first assignment of error is to the sentence imposed by the court. He readily admits that the sentence is within the statutory limits but contends that the possibility exists of serving beyond the statutory limit by reason of the fact that defendant, an indigent, could not arrange bail and is, therefore, required to remain incarcerated pending appeal. If the contention had any merit, and we do not concede that it does, the question is resolved by the 1969 amendment to G.S. 16-184 providing, in pertinent part, that “[i]f the defendant has not been admitted to bail pending the…